Early the next morning.
When Han Tang appeared bearing a pair of dark panda eyes, Su Li’s eyes nearly popped out of his head!
Seeing Han Tang looking as though his vital essence had been completely sucked dry, Su Li felt his brow twitch violently.
These two really have no sense of restraint!
It has only been a single day!
Su Li began to doubt the wisdom of his choice to bring Han Tang and Shen Kui together.
Office romances are truly a disaster!
Shen Kui had not expected that his casual teasing from the previous night would leave the teenager looking like he had stayed awake the entire night. Filled with remorse, he reined himself in considerably.
Yet, contrary to his expectations, just as he pulled back, Han Tang took the initiative to approach him once again.
After a whole night of tangled internal struggle, Han Tang finally figured out the reason behind Shen Kui’s sudden willingness to loosen up.
It was all a matter of balancing power.
The protagonist shou was signed under Stars Shine Entertainment, which belonged to the Shen family corporation, whereas the Han family corporation behind him was in direct competition with the Shen family across numerous industrial sectors.
In the early stages, the protagonist shou lacked connections and reputation, leaving Shen Kui trapped by Stars Shine Entertainment with no choice but to swallow his grievances in silence.
The appearance of the original owner served as a turning point for him.
The protagonist shou was unwilling to accept the unspoken rules of the company, and management threatened him with career freezing. Even if someone wished to speak up for him, they could never withstand the collective force of an entire corporation. But Han Tang was different.
As the young master of the Han family corporation, which stood on equal footing with the Shen family and even faintly surpassed it as the industry leader, no one would dare court disaster by crossing him before someone with equivalent power emerged.
As long as Han Tang was willing, the resources he gave to Shen Kui could never be snatched away!
Isn’t this precisely the purpose of a cannon fodder sugar daddy?!
So what on earth was he needlessly worrying about?
Han Tang let out a sigh of relief.
Having thought this through, Han Tang attributed Shen Kui’s narrow escape from missing the script of The World entirely to Stars Shine Entertainment as well.
Aside from Stars Shine Entertainment, he genuinely could not think of anyone else who would target Shen Kui.
After all, according to the original novel, the protagonist shou was still a complete nobody in the entertainment industry at this stage.
With his doubts cleared, Han Tang stopped agonizing and began to display his special care for Shen Kui even more flagrantly.
Besides, his behavior was hardly abrupt.
Had Shen Kui not just mentioned the night before that he would consider things? It was only natural for him to be a bit more attentive now!
Su Li felt a sharp ache in his eyes from witnessing Han Tang’s overbearing attitude, which practically screamed that Shen Kui was his person and nobody was allowed to bully him.
He originally wanted to find an opportunity to remind them to show a little restraint and not let it interfere with filming, but fortunately, the two of them still retained a shred of common sense.
Although the atmosphere remained sticky and clingy afterward, there were no more repeat performances of someone stumbling out looking like they had been drained dry; instead, they appeared even more radiant than before.
While Su Li felt a wave of relief wash over him, a touch of lonely solitude unique to a single person crept into his heart, prompting him to seek out Han Gui for a vent session.
He refused to bear this suffocating wave of dog food all by himself!
Upon receiving Su Li’s complaints, Han Gui felt thoroughly exasperated as well.
Yet there was nothing he could do; who told his younger brother to like him?
Speaking of which, Shen Kui’s family background was quite pitiful as well.
Shen Kui had lived with his mother in the countryside since childhood. Later, to support Shen Kui’s education, his mother had brought him alone to the city to work odd jobs and care for him. Although life was financially tight, it was peaceful and relatively happy.
Who could have anticipated that a car accident would rob Shen Kui of his mother? There were no surveillance cameras around the scene of the accident, and the driver committed a hit-and-run.
Relying on scholarships and various part-time jobs, Shen Kui managed to make his way through university, stumbling into the entertainment industry almost by accident. Thanks to his striking good looks, his life slowly began to show a glimmer of hope.
Success brought its own downfall.
Just as his career was about to take off, he caught the eye of top corporate management and ended up being frozen out of the industry.
That was precisely the incident he had stumbled upon himself.
He never expected that old lecherous codger from the Shen family would still harbor desires for a young star, though heaven only knew where a live-in son-in-law like him found the audacity!
Other issues could be set aside for the moment.
Having ruled out any hidden threats regarding Shen Kui’s identity, and seeing that his younger brother genuinely liked him, Han Gui naturally had to make his stance clear.
Furthermore, lingering anxieties still plagued Han Gui’s mind.
Although he had arranged for Shen Kui to enter the cast under the condition of helping him sever ties with Stars Shine Entertainment and protect his younger brother, recent online rumors forced him to think deeply.
Since Shen Kui was unwilling to accept unspoken corporate rules, how on earth did he end up accepting his younger brother?
Consequently, Han Gui arranged a meeting with Shen Kui to chat and find out what the other person’s true intentions were at present.